Compare VPNs for privacy and security

Compare the best VPNs for privacy. Here are the main features to notice:

Security Protocols

No logs Policy

Kill Switch

DNS Leak Protection

Security Protocols – There are several main VPN protocols, which are the methods each VPN uses to connect you to the VPN server. Some are better for speed and others are better for security.

OpenVPN over UDP – User Datagram Protocol.A fast VPN protocol based on OpenVPN source. OpenVPN is generally considered one of the most secure VPN protocols.

OpenVPN over TCP – Transmission Control Protocol. Also based on OpenVPN, the TCP, unlike UDP is running error checks and retransmitting dropped packets. This means it’s a more reliable VPN protocol, but slower.

PPTP – Point to Point Tunneling Protocol -This VPN protocol, is the simplest and therefore the fastest though it lacks efficient connection security.

SSTP – Secure Sockets Tunneling Protocol – This is the most secure VPN protocol because it reroutes your connection through an SSL connection.

L2TP/IPSEC – Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol – A standard VPN protocol, with high efficiency but low security. For this reason, it is paired with the IPSec, aka Internet Protocol Security which encrypts each IP packet in any given communication. Naturally, this encryption protocol slows down the VPN connection.

No Logs Policy – Some VPN services keep logs on your connection or browsing history.

In most cases, those logs are then used as a monetization tool for those VPNs.

Most, if not all free VPNs, for example, do exactly that in order to make money off of their ‘free’ users.

Kill Switch & DNS Leak Protection – Both security features exist to make sure your origin IP and browsing data are never exposed. They take over once your VPN connection fails for some reason.

when this happens, and you are using a VPN that doesn’t enable a kill switch or DNS leak protection then your ISP automatically detects the websites you are on, and your Geolocation from your IP address.

If you are in the middle of browsing an otherwise blocked site or service and this occurs, you will be disconnected instantly.

And if your VPN does support a kill switch and DNS leak protection, then even if it disconnects or fails your identity would still remain safe.

Daniel Krupp is the editor in chief of vpnlocker.com. He Served at an intelligence unit at the US military, specializing in Cyber-Security. This is where he first learned the importance of cyber-security and the tools that should be used to accomplish it. He became an expert in understanding and utilizing VPN’s and other proxies to unblock websites and online services. Daniel consults and writes VPN reviews, VPN guides and useful tricks and hacks for a better, freer internet.